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| Manufacturer | Maurer Rides | ||||||||
| Product | Xtended SC 2200 | ||||||||
| Designer / calculations | Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH | ||||||||
| Type | Steel - Spinning | ||||||||
| Riders per train | 4 | ||||||||
| Hourly capacity | 950 | ||||||||
| Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||
| Area | 62 metres × 55 metres | ||||||||
| Height | 17 metres | ||||||||
| Top speed | 60 km/h | ||||||||
| Length | 450 metres | ||||||||
| Inversions | 0 | ||||||||
| Duration | 1:15 | ||||||||
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Spinball Whizzer is a steel spinning roller coaster located at Alton Towers in Alton, Staffordshire, England, UK. It was manufactured by Maurer Rides and opened in 2004.
History
Spinball Whizzer opened on 27 March 2004.[1][2] The ride was loosely based on a giant pinball machine.
In 2010, the roller coaster was repainted and renamed Sonic Spinball as part of a three year partnership with SEGA which also saw Sonic themed rooms added to the Alton Towers Hotel.[3] This was extended by another three years, with the ride restoring its original theme for the 2016 season.[4] It also received new theme music that year from IMAScore.[5]
Design
Spinball Whizzer is the only Xtended SC 2200 ever built by Maurer.
Trains
Single cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 4 riders per car. The two rows sit back-to-back.
Images
Spinball Whizzer's heavily banked turn
The final helix
References
- ↑ "Roller Coaster novelties 2004". Coastersandmore. http://www.coastersandmore.de/rides/coaster04/coaster04maine.shtml. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
- ↑ "Spinball Whizzer". TowersStreet. https://towersstreet.com/theme-park/ride/spinball-whizzer/.
- ↑ "SEGA Confirms Alton Towers Tie-In". Nintendo Life. http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2010/01/sega_confirms_alton_towers_tie_in.
- ↑ "The Sonic Spinball Ride at Alton Towers has now Closed". Sonic Stadium. https://www.sonicstadium.org/2016/03/the-sonic-spinball-ride-at-alton-towers-has-closed/.
- ↑ "Portfolio". IMAScore. https://www.imascore.com/portfolio.
External links
- Spinball Whizzer on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
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